Swiss Pirate Party

Laurent sez, "The Switzerland's Piraten Partei (Pirate Party, of course) will be loaded July the 12th in Zurich. There is also a Facebook group : Piratenpartei Schweiz - Parti Pirate Suisse - Partito Pirata Svizzero Mondial."

The original Swedish Pirate Party won a seat in the recent EU election (two seats, once the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified), the German PP got 1% of the popular vote, and there are affiliate parties all over the world now. All this in just a few years -- I wonder how far the Green Party got in its first three years?

Parti Pirate Suisse (Thanks, Laurent!)

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Anonymous

There’s also a french Pirate Party (actually, there’s 2).

They can be found here :
http://partipirate.org/blog/index.php

and here :
http://parti-pirate.fr/

Enjoy, mateys !
pa

There are also some enthousiasts in Luxembourg who are going to found a pirate party:
http://www.piratepartei.lu/

The connection to the Atlantic is through the Moselle and Rhine rivers.
Gilgongo

Excellent news! Let’s hope this becomes a wave over the whole of Europe that washes some sense into digital politics!
the_boy

what? A party built around internet freedoms spreads rapidly via the internet?! Absurd!

Though, really, great news – always exciting to see the birth of something that meaningful.
Anonymous

Voted for them in Germany!
Glad there finally is a party that can represent the modern internet user.
Anonymous

Nice to see rapid gains for the pirate party.

If we lived in a democratic society, the pirate party, green party, and some kind of libertarian socialist party would be able to form a plurality coalition government.
Takuan

yaharrrr!
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-joins-anonymous-fight-against-scientology-090614/
adonai

Unfortunately, they’ve vowed to remain neutral in any copyright wars. However, they’re happy to deposit any booty in their vaults :)
Anonymous

I’d like it better if they were the Seeräuber Partei-then they could use Seeräuber Jenny’s song as their party rally song.
Anonymous

Does anyone know if there’s a Pirate party in the UK?
purplechick

Switzerland may be landlocked #8 but they won the last America’s Cup yacht race in 2007.
PaulR

You do know that Switzerland is land-locked, eh?

/just saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHAl1tWvvPA

Canada is still really big.
Takuan

relly big eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FUI8k-Z0PM&feature=related
Takuan

aye, landlocked she may be, but Lake Geneva connects underground with the Loch Ness and then on to the Atlantic. Arrr.
Anonymous

@7: Does anyone know if there’s a Pirate party in the UK?

Yes, there is.